Literacy checklist for teachers working with 3-4 year olds



Literacy Checklist for Teachers Working with 3-4 year olds

Listening

daily activities to improve discrimination 

daily activities to develop social listening skills 

daily activities to increase attention span (overlap with music and storytime ) 

daily activities to develop auditory memory (overlap with music and storytime) 

Talk

daily spoken language activities, including repeating and innovating on sentences 

daily targeting of selected vocabulary (changed weekly) 

targeting of PREPARE expressive language in adult-and-child initiated activities 

daily conversations compensating for language delay 

daily talk during child-initiated activities 

Music

daily opportunities to keep a steady beat 

daily opportunities to sing (and learn) songs, action songs and rhymes 

frequent opportunities to move rhythmically (e.g., marching, skipping, dancing) 

Storytime

five-a-day reading of story books 

frequent storytelling sessions 

regular opportunities for children to make up stories 

Print

occasional environmental print walks 

environmental print displayed (and discussed) in classrooms 

appropriate environmental print in role-play areas 

frequent singing of alphabet song, linked to chart 

regular activities with letters (including writing names) 

occasional demonstration of different types of reading 

Phonics

daily rhyme, rhythm and song (link to music) 

daily rhyming activities 

If appropriate, introduction of phonemic awareness activities 

Writing

daily activities available to develop gross, medium and fine motor skills 

large scale handwriting movement activities (link to music, drama, art) 

attention to pencil grip when children use pencils 

occasional relevant shared writing activities 

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